时间:2019-01-21 作者:英语课 分类:想聊就聊


英语课

  4.9 Suggest 建议

W: You have a lovely house, Jack 1.

M: Thank you. But a number of things have been going wrong lately.

W: That's too bad. What problems are you having.

M: Oh, the whole house needs re-painting for starters. The carpet in the living room is worn out, and I'd like to put in new wall-to-wall carpeting. Last week, I had to call the plumber 2 to fix the toilet. Anyway, all par 3 for the course when you own a house, I guess. I think I am going to hire an interior decorator to look the place over.

W: I’ve studied home decoration as a hobby. Could I make some suggestions?

M: Go right ahead.

W: Well, I think a crystal chandelier would look great in your living room, and maybe some new drapes for the windows. Also, a grandfather clock would look great in the den 4. Perhaps you could buy some potted plants for the dining room

M: Well, you really do have a talent for this, Alice. Thanks for the suggestions.

W: You are welcome, Jack. Glad to be of help.

译:

W:杰克,你的房子真不错。

M:谢谢,但是最近有很多地方出了问题。

W:那可太糟了,出什么问题了?

M:哦,刚刚住进来,整个房子都需要重新粉刷,起居室里的地毯也已经很旧了,我想把整个地板铺一层新的。上星期,我不得不打电话找水管工来修理厕所。不管怎么说,如果你有一间房子,我觉得这都是最寻常不过的事,我看我要请一个室内工程师来看看这个地方。

W:我曾感兴趣学过室内装饰,我能给你提一些建议吗?

M:太棒了,请讲。

W:啊,我觉得在起居室里装一盏水晶灯会很漂亮,另外呢,可能需要一些新的落地窗帘来装饰窗户。还有,书房里放一盏大座钟会很漂亮的,你还可以买一些盆栽装饰餐厅。

M:哇噻,你在这方面,可真是有天赋啊,爱丽丝。谢谢你的建议。

W:不客气,杰克。很高兴能帮助你。

注释:

1. 词组“wear out”表示“用坏、用破、用旧”,其中“wear”一词的过去式和过去分词分别是“wore”和“worn”。

2. 本段对话中出现了很多固定用法,如“wall-to wall整个地板铺满的”、“grandfather clock有摆的落地大座钟”和“potted plant盆栽”。



n.插座,千斤顶,男人;v.抬起,提醒,扛举;n.(Jake)杰克
  • I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
  • He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
n.(装修水管的)管子工
  • Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗?
  • The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。
n.标准,票面价值,平均数量;adj.票面的,平常的,标准的
  • Sales of nylon have been below par in recent years.近年来尼龙织品的销售额一直不及以往。
  • I don't think his ability is on a par with yours.我认为他的能力不能与你的能力相媲美。
n.兽穴;秘密地方;安静的小房间,私室
  • There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
  • The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。
学英语单词
Abdel
acceleration of ripening
additional advance
anecdotically
antiriot ammunition
apical bud
arecaceaes
augelli
average repair
Bankia spengler
bankruptcy administrator
basic lead sulphate
bilge logs
booster inoculation
bored shitless
boringly
chain and sprocket drive
Chalkedon
checking off symbol
CLMW
course-stability
cross rod
Curley
damper segment
declaratory judgments
deflection calculation
delivered free to destination
dietary-supplement
dress in
dust crops with an insecticide
emince
enterouterine anus
equitangential
faralatrioside
farbs
finely divided scale
folia vermis
heavy work
helius (helius) minusculus
Hose Connectors
hyperhomocysteinemic
intermolecular respiration
lava column
lead number
lends out
lenticel(le)
lywallzyme
macnee
magnitude spectrum
master screw
max sth out
mellower
memory error report analysis
movable appendage
naked-flame mine
nickel-vanadium steel
nominal ocular hazard area
oculometry
one pack
ordinary wheel
organizational climate index
over-grateful
over-indulged
overtowered
pattern representation
phenoxathin
phenylphosphine
pick-up attachment
pilot flame burner
pipeline stopcock
plash
pot-holder
preservative substance
pressure admission chamber
pressure of blast
Prohepes
pseudodiploidy
r.d
ramming up
rankine thermometric scale
riborg
righi-leduc effect
roricon
sclenchyma
self-illuminating sight
selfcontradictory
sniper
sousant
Subhanallah
sukhooei
Swap Curve
tahsildars
thermo anelasticity
three stages fluidized-bed dryer
toner concentration
unkissing
unvote
upright drill
visual agnosia
Wiener schnitzel
with a swing in it
worldless